"An artistic career can mirror many of the same struggles you may have had as a child. 

"Artists can get wrapped up in thinking: “that is just the nature of the artistic world.” But, once they do their emotional work they have more clarity about how they have been repeating some old relationships in their artistic endeavors, something remarkable happens."
Dr Holtz in her post Is Unhealed Emotional Trauma Impacting Your Creativity or Performance? EMDR Can Help https://creativemindspsychotherapy.com/2022/11/06/6-questions-creatives-can-look-into-about-unhealed-emotional-trauma/

How do you feel about your arts career?

"I didn’t want to dedicate my entire time to this industry.” Zoe Saldana

“It feels meaningful and right. At the same time, you don’t necessarily feel satisfied with your career.” Dr Holtz

Judy Greer: “I still struggle with being an artist but decided to just tell myself I’m an artist and see if I start to believe it…”
https://thecreativemind.substack.com/p/building-a-satisfying-life-in-the

Dr Holtz says codependency can manifest in your creativity and creative pursuits when you give up "vital parts of yourself in the pursuit of your accomplishments...and lose your connection to your authentic self. By extension, your self worth erodes."

How Codependency Can Affect Our Creative Pursuits, Authentic Expression and Self-Discovery
https://thecreativemind.substack.com/p/how-codependency-can-affect-our-creative?utm_source=publication-search

"There are many ways to invite the unconscious to the table."

"Dream Analysis...Meditation...
Creative expression can help express unconscious thoughts and emotions."

Dr Holtz of Creative Minds Psychotherapy, in her article
https://creativemindspsychotherapy.com/2024/12/31/you-can-access-your-unconscious-mind-to-achieve-your-dreams/

Related video: "Why bother to learn about our Shadow Self? Caroline Myss explains." See video and more in podcast post Facing our Shadow for more creativity, authentic power and purpose https://thecreativemind.substack.com/p/facing-our-shadow-for-more-creativity

Toxic Family Dynamics

Meg Haworth, PhD notes "Sexual, physical, and emotional violation is debilitating. It can lead to unhealthy choices, poor personal boundaries and self-defeating patterns."

How to Understand and Recover from Narcissistic and Toxic Family Dynamics [podcast post with link to her video interview & course]

https://thecreativemind.substack.com/p/how-to-understand-and-recover-from

Ashley Judd entered treatment in 2006 for "codependence in my relationships; depression, blaming, raging, numbing, denying and minimizing my feelings."

Dr Holtz of Creative Minds Psychotherapy notes "In the realm of creative endeavors...codependency can stealthily infiltrate in your creative’s journey."

From article How Codependency Can Affect Our Creative Pursuits, Authentic Expression and Self-Discovery https://thecreativemind.substack.com/p/how-codependency-can-affect-our-creative

"She got very loud & bullying. I left the meeting."

Psychiatrist Judith Orloff: "...this woman got very authoritarian...and bossy.

"It was on a zoom call and I was supposed to be part of this meeting and I'm feeling this isn't acceptable to me and so I just told everyone I have to leave."

How to navigate sensory overload and trauma as a highly sensitive person [podcast]

https://thecreativemind.substack.com/p/how-to-navigate-sensory-overload

[Image: Miranda (Meryl Streep) in The Devil Wears Prada]